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24 Feb 23
Major central banks have been tipped to sell off $1trn of assets in both 2023 and 2024, partially reversing the jump in quantitative easing since the onset of Covid-19.
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29 Apr 22
The Swedish central bank has raised interest rates to 0.25% alongside plans to reduce its balance sheet, in response to inflationary risks.
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19 Apr 22
The yen tumbled to its weakest performance against the US dollar in 20-years, as the Bank of Japan continues to stand by its yield cap on government bonds.
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14 Apr 22
The Bank of Canada has announced its highest interest rate increase in more than 20 years, as the nation grapples with soaring inflation.
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6 Apr 22
The US Federal Reserve is set to rapidly reduce its balance sheet and continue to hike interest rates, as it seeks to tame soaring inflation, according to a senior official at the bank.
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17 Feb 22
The Bank of Canada could implement a series of interest rate rises to mitigate soaring inflation, according to its deputy governor.
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15 Feb 22
Former Canadian Conservative leader has tabled a bill enabling the auditor general to scrutinise the Bank of Canada’s Covid-19 quantitative easing programme.
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7 Feb 22
The governor of the Dutch state bank has stated that the European Central Bank could begin raising interest rates as early as this year, to help combat soaring inflation.
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7 Jan 22
The US Federal Reserve has indicated it could hike interest rates faster-than-expected and begin to reduce the level of debt it holds, to help mitigate soaring inflation.
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16 Dec 21
The US Federal Reserve is set to taper its bond buying faster-than-expected, alongside interest rate rises next year, to help reduce inflationary pressures.
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4 Nov 21
The US Federal Reserve has decided to wind down its $120bn-a-month bond-buying programme in the hope of tempering rising inflation.
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4 Nov 21
The European Central Bank is unlikely to hike interest rates next year, as inflation is forecast to reduce over the medium term, according to president Christine Lagarde.
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19 Oct 21
How easily can central banks wind-down asset purchases?
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14 Oct 21
The US Federal Reserve could begin winding down its additional bond purchasing programme as early as next month, as economic growth rises faster than expected.
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10 Sep 21
The European Central Bank has said it will begin to reduce its emergency Covid-19 asset purchasing in the coming months, as the region recovers from the pandemic.
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2 Sep 21
Elevated asset purchasing by the European Central Bank will continue until 2025, long after its Covid-19 facility shuts, according to ratings agency Fitch.
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31 Aug 21
The US Congress should introduce explicit financial stability objectives for government agencies to help avoid a new financial crisis, according to a former senior Federal Reserve official.
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12 Aug 21
The US Federal Reserve could explore reducing asset purchases later this year, as the nation emerges from Covid-19, according to one of the central bank’s chiefs.
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23 Jul 21
The European Central Bank will not risk harming the economic recovery from Covid-19 by withdrawing its emergency monetary support early, its president has said.
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15 Jul 21
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has said it will halt its bond-buying programme as the economic recovery from Covid-19, becoming one of the first advanced economy central banks to do so.
24 Feb 23Major central banks have been tipped to sell off $1trn of assets in both 2023 and 2024, partially reversing the jump in quantitative easing since the onset of Covid-19.
29 Apr 22The Swedish central bank has raised interest rates to 0.25% alongside plans to reduce its balance sheet, in response to inflationary risks.
19 Apr 22The yen tumbled to its weakest performance against the US dollar in 20-years, as the Bank of Japan continues to stand by its yield cap on government bonds.
14 Apr 22The Bank of Canada has announced its highest interest rate increase in more than 20 years, as the nation grapples with soaring inflation.
7 Feb 22The governor of the Dutch state bank has stated that the European Central Bank could begin raising interest rates as early as this year, to help combat soaring inflation.
4 Nov 21The European Central Bank is unlikely to hike interest rates next year, as inflation is forecast to reduce over the medium term, according to president Christine Lagarde.
19 Oct 21How easily can central banks wind-down asset purchases?
2 Sep 21Elevated asset purchasing by the European Central Bank will continue until 2025, long after its Covid-19 facility shuts, according to ratings agency Fitch.
15 Jul 21The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has said it will halt its bond-buying programme as the economic recovery from Covid-19, becoming one of the first advanced economy central banks to do so.
